Mikheil Meskhi

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Mikheil Meskhi
Mikheil Meskhi statue at Mikheil Meskhi Stadium
Personal information
Full name Mikheil Salvoviċ Meskhi
Date of birth (1937-01-12)12 January 1937
Place of birth
USSR
Date of death 22 April 1991(1991-04-22) (aged 54)
Place of death Tbilisi, Georgia
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)
Winger
Youth career
School No. 35 Tbilisi
FShM Tbilisi
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1954–1969 FC Dinamo Tbilisi 285 (54)
1970
FC Lokomotivi Tbilisi
4 (0)
Total 289 (54)
International career
1959–1966
USSR
35 (4)
Medal record
Representing  Soviet Union
UEFA European Championship
Winner
1960 France
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mikheil Salvovich Meskhi (Georgian: მიხეილ მესხი; Russian: Михаил Шалвович Месхи; born 12 January 1937 in

USSR Football Federation who replied he was injured and couldn't play— he was not told of the invitation.[1]

Career

He started playing football at the age of 14 in

Archil Kiknadze
was Meskhi's first coach. His unique football talent was soon obvious in the 35th Football Schoolboys team he played in.

During his career he played for

USSR national football team, and participated in the 1962 World Cup. He also appeared on the Soviet squad for the first-ever European Nations' Cup in 1960
, which the Soviets won.

In 1998, Meskhi was voted the best player in the history of Georgian football, and a member of the 20th-century Georgian "Dream Team."[2]

References

  1. ^ "Biography of Mikheil Meskhi". Retrieved 9 April 2020 – via YouTube.
  2. ^ Goduadze, Lasha (2006). "Georgian Dream Team". Georgian Football Federation website. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 30 July 2008.

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